1988 College Football Passing Stats

1987 CFB Passing Stats 1989 CFB Passing Stats

Champions: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Lou Holtz (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Florida State

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

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77 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 14 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

77 Players Table
					Passing									Rushing
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Timm Rosenbach	Washington State	Pac-10	11	199	302	65.9	2791	9.2	9.3	23	10	162.0	115	364	3.2	9
2	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 8	11	153	236	64.8	2163	9.2	8.5	19	12	158.2	58	-42	-0.7	3
3	Todd Philcox	Syracuse	Ind	11	141	234	60.3	2076	8.9	8.1	16	11	147.9	73	1	0.0	0
4	Warren Jones	Hawaii	WAC	12	138	259	53.3	2268	8.8	8.3	19	11	142.6	201	669	3.3	8
5	Chip Ferguson	Florida State	Ind	11	122	194	62.9	1714	8.8	7.9	16	11	153.0	18	-8	-0.4	0
6	Sean Covey	Brigham Young	WAC	12	174	319	54.5	2607	8.2	7.6	13	10	130.4	68	-82	-1.2	4
7	Scott Mitchell	Utah	WAC	11	323	533	60.6	4322	8.1	7.9	29	15	141.0	56	-23	-0.4	0
8	Chuck Hartlieb	Iowa	Big Ten	12	258	409	63.1	3310	8.1	7.8	14	9	138.0	54	-240	-4.4	1
9	Billy Joe Tolliver	Texas Tech	SWC	11	190	354	53.7	2869	8.1	7.8	20	11	134.2	55	-182	-3.3	1
10	Randy Welniak	Wyoming	WAC	12	184	324	56.8	2627	8.1	8.2	21	9	140.7	136	418	3.1	14
11	Tom Sullivan	Eastern Michigan	MAC	10	114	205	55.6	1664	8.1	5.8	5	13	119.2	61	-130	-2.1	2
12	Steve Walsh	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	233	390	59.7	3115	8.0	8.1	29	12	145.2	15	-33	-2.2	0
13	Reggie Slack	Auburn	SEC	11	168	279	60.2	2230	8.0	6.9	9	11	130.1	39	-17	-0.4	2
14	Matt Baker	Temple	Ind	11	101	193	52.3	1539	8.0	7.0	15	11	133.6	98	76	0.8	0
15	Anthony Dilweg	Duke	ACC	11	287	484	59.3	3824	7.9	7.2	24	18	134.6	55	-111	-2.0	2
16	Rodney Peete	USC	Pac-10	11	208	338	61.5	2654	7.9	7.6	18	10	139.2	59	26	0.4	3
17	Troy Aikman	UCLA	Pac-10	11	209	327	63.9	2599	7.9	8.3	23	8	149.0	69	86	1.2	1
18	Ken Lutz	San Jose State	Big West	12	199	321	62.0	2547	7.9	6.3	16	19	133.3	93	-47	-0.5	2
19	Mike Elkins	Wake Forest	ACC	11	165	280	58.9	2205	7.9	7.3	14	10	134.4	47	69	1.5	1
20	Pat Hegarty	UTEP	WAC	12	181	330	54.8	2529	7.7	7.5	17	9	130.8	54	38	0.7	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Shawn Moore	Virginia	ACC	11	141	282	50.0	2158	7.7	6.5	15	14	121.9	159	368	2.3	10
22	Mark Barsotti	Fresno State	Big West	11	101	203	49.8	1555	7.7	6.6	7	8	117.6	54	81	1.5	1
23	Shane Montgomery	North Carolina State	ACC	11	123	198	62.1	1522	7.7	6.7	8	8	131.9	16	-26	-1.6	0
24	Dave Schnell	Indiana	Big Ten	11	103	194	53.1	1499	7.7	5.7	7	12	117.5	78	318	4.1	5
25	Jeff Bender	Central Michigan	MAC	11	93	169	55.0	1309	7.7	6.2	7	9	123.1	67	-58	-0.9	1
26	Tony Kimbrough	Western Michigan	MAC	11	186	324	57.4	2465	7.6	6.8	19	14	132.0	91	145	1.6	5
27	Bret Oberg	Iowa State	Big 8	11	99	179	55.3	1360	7.6	4.5	6	15	113.4	102	52	0.5	0
28	Darnell Dickerson	Pitt	Ind	11	104	213	48.8	1599	7.5	6.5	7	8	115.2	126	555	4.4	5
29	David Dacus	Houston	SWC	10	123	212	58.0	1597	7.5	7.3	13	7	134.9	39	-95	-2.4	0
30	Neil O'Donnell	Maryland	ACC	11	160	267	59.9	1973	7.4	6.4	12	11	128.6	94	166	1.8	3
31	Troy Taylor	California	Pac-10	11	202	330	61.2	2416	7.3	6.4	16	14	130.2	125	136	1.1	0
32	Mike Johnson	Akron	Ind	11	142	299	47.5	2170	7.3	5.7	11	15	110.6	103	262	2.5	5
33	Kyle Morris	Florida	SEC	10	84	167	50.3	1217	7.3	4.1	3	13	101.9	35	-11	-0.3	0
34	Brent Snyder	Utah State	Big West	11	246	447	55.0	3218	7.2	5.9	19	21	120.1	88	-64	-0.7	4
35	David Riley	Ball State	MAC	11	168	263	63.9	1886	7.2	6.3	9	9	128.6	76	108	1.4	2
36	Eric Jones	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	196	360	54.4	2548	7.1	5.9	11	14	116.2	144	305	2.1	5
37	Brett Favre	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	178	319	55.8	2271	7.1	7.4	16	5	129.0	51	-15	-0.3	0
38	Jeff Francis	Tennessee	SEC	11	191	314	60.8	2237	7.1	6.4	13	11	127.3	97	52	0.5	2
39	Tommy Hodson	LSU	SEC	11	154	293	52.6	2074	7.1	6.1	13	12	118.5	33	-62	-1.9	0
40	Kelly Donohoe	Kansas	Big 8	11	131	258	50.8	1844	7.1	5.6	9	13	112.2	81	-69	-0.9	3
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Eric Smith	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	104	184	56.5	1306	7.1	5.8	6	8	118.2	18	-79	-4.4	1
42	Andre Ware	Houston	SWC	11	212	356	59.6	2507	7.0	7.4	25	8	137.4	35	-48	-1.4	2
43	Terrence Jones	Tulane	Ind	11	162	329	49.2	2305	7.0	5.5	15	18	112.2	164	454	2.8	5
44	Dan Speltz	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	11	136	274	49.6	1924	7.0	6.7	13	8	118.4	86	-182	-2.1	1
45	Greg Frey	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	152	293	51.9	2028	6.9	5.5	8	13	110.2	60	-34	-0.6	2
46	Jason Palumbis	Stanford	Pac-10	11	128	228	56.1	1569	6.9	6.2	8	7	119.4	35	-90	-2.6	2
47	Jeff Graham	Long Beach State	Big West	12	226	398	56.8	2720	6.8	5.5	13	18	115.9	66	-154	-2.3	0
48	Jay Gruden	Louisville	Ind	11	224	382	58.6	2605	6.8	5.6	17	18	121.2	56	-182	-3.3	1
49	T.J. Rubley	Tulsa	Ind	11	182	374	48.7	2497	6.7	5.2	17	20	109.1	45	-81	-1.8	0
50	Erik Wilhelm	Oregon State	Pac-10	11	275	442	62.2	2896	6.6	6.5	18	9	126.6	70	30	0.4	2
51	Brian Mitchell	Louisiana	Ind	11	129	273	47.3	1807	6.6	5.7	8	9	105.9	180	743	4.1	15
52	Brad Platt	San Diego State	WAC	11	130	226	57.5	1466	6.5	4.8	3	10	107.5	44	-190	-4.3	3
53	Scott Schaffner	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	106	191	55.5	1234	6.5	5.5	7	7	114.5	97	146	1.5	3
54	Scooter Molander	Colorado State	WAC	11	175	347	50.4	2232	6.4	4.1	9	22	100.3	35	-161	-4.6	0
55	Brad Goebel	Baylor	SWC	11	117	237	49.4	1524	6.4	4.2	9	16	102.4	50	-58	-1.2	1
56	Todd Ellis	South Carolina	Ind	11	183	354	51.7	2223	6.3	4.5	9	18	102.7	29	-144	-5.0	0
57	Scott Erney	Rutgers	Ind	11	188	339	55.5	2123	6.3	5.0	13	15	111.9	42	69	1.6	2
58	Mark Young	Ole Miss	SEC	11	156	312	50.0	1969	6.3	6.1	10	6	109.7	64	-80	-1.3	0
59	Glenn Farkas	Cincinnati	Ind	11	114	204	55.9	1279	6.3	5.5	8	7	114.6	52	-96	-1.8	1
60	Glenn Fohr	Kentucky	SEC	11	91	201	45.3	1260	6.3	4.1	5	12	94.2	54	9	0.2	0
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Jeff George	Illinois	Big Ten	11	212	366	57.9	2257	6.2	5.7	9	8	113.5	24	-190	-7.9	0
62	Anthony Thornton	Ohio	MAC	11	78	187	41.7	1162	6.2	3.0	4	15	84.9	165	575	3.5	4
63	Jeremy Leach	New Mexico	WAC	11	165	323	51.1	1986	6.1	4.7	10	15	103.7	88	-220	-2.5	1
64	Cary Conklin	Washington	Pac-10	11	153	302	50.7	1833	6.1	5.0	11	12	105.7	81	116	1.4	2
65	Greg Bradshaw	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	129	257	50.2	1550	6.0	4.8	9	11	103.9	67	137	2.0	3
66	Chris Ondrula	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	128	219	58.4	1304	6.0	4.2	5	11	106.0	34	-97	-2.9	1
67	Charles Price	UNLV	Big West	9	96	200	48.0	1200	6.0	4.6	4	8	97.0	43	-89	-2.1	0
68	Quentis Roper	Rice	SWC	11	135	271	49.8	1607	5.9	5.0	7	9	101.5	124	315	2.5	2
69	Mark Murdock	Texas	SWC	10	98	202	48.5	1199	5.9	4.0	10	13	101.8	36	-161	-4.5	2
70	Todd Rampley	Georgia Tech	ACC	11	154	275	56.0	1579	5.7	4.1	6	13	102.0	23	-100	-4.3	0
71	Tony Shell	Mississippi State	SEC	11	153	335	45.7	1884	5.6	4.0	13	18	95.0	28	-55	-2.0	0
72	Mike Reneau	New Mexico State	Big West	11	94	214	43.9	1179	5.5	2.6	5	16	83.0	49	13	0.3	0
73	Carl Straw	Kansas State	Big 8	10	191	358	53.4	1947	5.4	3.8	9	17	97.8	63	-194	-3.1	1
74	Brian Fox	Purdue	Big Ten	11	121	235	51.5	1250	5.3	3.4	7	13	94.9	45	-101	-2.2	1
75	Will Furrer	Virginia Tech	Ind	10	128	279	45.9	1384	5.0	2.8	6	16	83.2	58	-87	-1.5	0
76	Conroy Hines	Louisiana Tech	Ind	10	116	262	44.3	1286	4.9	4.3	5	6	87.2	42	-236	-5.6	0
77	Gene Johnson	Louisiana Tech	Ind	9	75	183	41.0	870	4.8	2.0	4	13	73.9	32	-83	-2.6	0